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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1587986" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>For the game that you primarily are hunting and the distances that you've planned to shoot I believe that the 7mm RemMag or the 300 WinMag ought to serve you quite well. The "new" designer cartridges/calibers come at a high cost when you start buying brass and <u><em>their availability is not always there</em></u>. For me these are two important factors when choosing a rifle caliber. The 300 PRC and.340 Weatherby for Federal brass are running $50 for 25 rounds and 30 Nosler brass is $73 for 30 pieces of brass. I've always liked the 7mm RemMag for accuracy and knock down, but would choose the 300 WinMag as one go-to round if I were going to cconsider the rifle for elk and moose also. I would not care to hunt white tail with anything above 30 caliber, 338 WinMag, 340 Weatherby, 33 Nosler seem to be more gun than needed. </p><p></p><p>If you<u><em>, like many others reading here</em></u>, would like something different in the arsenal (of unique wants), the 338-06 ought to fit in quite well to hunt <em><u>"all"</u></em> of the game that mentioned that you want to hunt. Not over gunned for whitetails not under-gunned for moose or elk; pretty universal cartridge. The round has good penetration, good ballistics, and it will not dislocate your shoulder every time you squeeze off a round. You will have the cost and availability factors for the brass, however it is not too difficult to make your own brass. My .02C worth for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1587986, member: 69192"] For the game that you primarily are hunting and the distances that you've planned to shoot I believe that the 7mm RemMag or the 300 WinMag ought to serve you quite well. The "new" designer cartridges/calibers come at a high cost when you start buying brass and [U][I]their availability is not always there[/I][/U]. For me these are two important factors when choosing a rifle caliber. The 300 PRC and.340 Weatherby for Federal brass are running $50 for 25 rounds and 30 Nosler brass is $73 for 30 pieces of brass. I've always liked the 7mm RemMag for accuracy and knock down, but would choose the 300 WinMag as one go-to round if I were going to cconsider the rifle for elk and moose also. I would not care to hunt white tail with anything above 30 caliber, 338 WinMag, 340 Weatherby, 33 Nosler seem to be more gun than needed. If you[U][I], like many others reading here[/I][/U], would like something different in the arsenal (of unique wants), the 338-06 ought to fit in quite well to hunt [I][U]"all"[/U][/I] of the game that mentioned that you want to hunt. Not over gunned for whitetails not under-gunned for moose or elk; pretty universal cartridge. The round has good penetration, good ballistics, and it will not dislocate your shoulder every time you squeeze off a round. You will have the cost and availability factors for the brass, however it is not too difficult to make your own brass. My .02C worth for you. [/QUOTE]
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